83_FR_17505 83 FR 17429 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey

83 FR 17429 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 76 (April 19, 2018)

Page Range17429-17430
FR Document2018-08189

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing to renew an information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17429-17430]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08189]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2018-N052; FXMB123109WEBB0-167-FF09M25100; OMB Control 
Number 1018-0019]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American 
Woodcock Singing Ground Survey

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing to renew an 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or 
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please reference OMB 
Control Number 1018-0019 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, or by 
telephone at (703) 358-2503. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of

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information was published on October 13, 2017 (82 FR 47763). We 
received one comment in response to that notice but it did not address 
the information collection requirements. No changes to the information 
collection were made as a result of this comment.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of the Service; (2) will this information be processed 
and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 
(4) how might the Service enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Service minimize 
the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the 
use of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712) and the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a-754j-2) designate the 
Department of the Interior as the primary agency responsible for:
     Managing migratory bird populations frequenting the United 
States, and
     Setting hunting regulations that allow for the well-being 
of migratory bird populations.

These responsibilities dictate that we gather accurate data on various 
characteristics of migratory bird populations.
    The North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey is an essential 
part of the migratory bird management program. State, Federal, 
Provincial, local, and tribal conservation agencies conduct the survey 
annually to provide the data necessary to determine the population 
status of the woodcock. In addition, the information is vital in 
assessing the relative changes in the geographic distribution of the 
woodcock. We use the information primarily to develop recommendations 
for hunting regulations. Without information on the population's 
status, we might promulgate hunting regulations that:
     Are not sufficiently restrictive, which could cause harm 
to the woodcock population, or
     Are too restrictive, which would unduly restrict 
recreational opportunities afforded by woodcock hunting.
    The Service, State conservation agencies, university associates, 
and other interested parties use the data for various research and 
management projects.
    Title of Collection: North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1018-0019.
    Form Number: FWS Form 3-156.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Provincial, local, and Tribal 
employees.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 808.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 808.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 1.75 hours to 
1.88 hours, depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,515.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

    Dated: April 16, 2018.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-08189 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices 17429 We use nine application and report • Details of success by species so that DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR forms associated with hunting and we can evaluate quality of experience fishing on refuges. We may not allow all and resource impacts. Fish and Wildlife Service opportunities on all refuges; therefore, Title of Collection: Hunting and [FWS–HQ–MB–2018–N052; we developed different forms to FXMB123109WEBB0–167–FF09M25100; Fishing Application Forms and Activity simplify the process and avoid OMB Control Number 1018–0019] Reports for National Wildlife Refuges, confusion for applicants. The currently approved forms are available online at 50 CFR 25.41, 25.43, 25.51, 26.32, 26.33, Agency Information Collection http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all 27.42, 30.11, 31.15, 32.1 to 32.72. Activities; Submission to the Office of refuges will use each form and some OMB Control Number: 1018–0140. Management and Budget for Review refuges may collect the identical Form Number: FWS Forms 3–2354 and Approval; North American information in a non-form format through 3–2362. Woodcock Singing Ground Survey (meaning there is no designated form associated with the collection of Type of Review: Extension of a AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, information). currently approved collection. Interior. We use the following application Respondents/Affected Public: ACTION: Notice of information collection; forms when we assign areas, dates, and/ Individuals and households. request for comment. or types of hunts via a drawing because Total Estimated Number of Annual SUMMARY: In accordance with the of limited resources, high demand, or when a permit is needed to hunt. We Respondents: 805,492 (269,011 for Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, issue application forms for specific applications and 536,481 for activity the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are periods, usually seasonally or annually. reports). proposing to renew an information • FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer Total Estimated Number of Annual collection. Hunt Application). Responses: 805,492. DATES: Interested persons are invited to • FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl submit comments on or before May 21, Estimated Completion Time per Lottery Application). 2018. • FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland Response: 15 minutes for hunting/ ADDRESSES: Send written comments on Game Hunt Application). fishing applications and 10 minutes for this information collection request (ICR) • FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird activity reports. to the Office of Management and Hunt Application). Total Estimated Number of Annual Budget’s Desk Officer for the • FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/ Burden Hours: 156,667 (67,253 for Department of the Interior by email at Shrimping/Crabbing Application). applications and 89,414 for activity OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via Forms 3–2354 through 3–2358 collect reports). facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please information on: • Applicant (name, address, phone Respondent’s Obligation: Required to provide a copy of your comments to the number) so that we can notify obtain or retain a benefit. Service Information Collection applicants of their selection. Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Frequency of Collection: On occasion Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275 • User preferences (dates, areas, (for applications, usually once per year method) so that we can distribute users Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– at the beginning of the hunting season; 3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@ equitably. for activity reports, once at the • Whether or not the applicant is fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control conclusion of the hunting/fishing Number 1018–0019 in the subject line of applying for a special opportunity for experience). your comments. disabled or youth hunters. • Age of youth hunter(s) so that we Total Estimated Annual Nonhour FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To can establish eligibility. Burden Cost: We estimate the annual request additional information about We ask users to report on their non-hour cost burden to be $65,000 for this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, success after their experience so that we hunting application fees at Service Information Collection can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and approximately 31 of the 408 refuges that Clearance Officer, by email at Info_ resource impacts. We use the following are open for hunting and/or fishing. Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703) activity reports, which we distribute 358–2503. You may also view the ICR An agency may not conduct or during appropriate seasons, as at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ determined by State or Federal sponsor and a person is not required to PRAMain. regulations. respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In • FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game control number. accordance with the Paperwork Harvest Report). • FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report). Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the The authority for this action is the general public and other Federal • FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Hunt Report). agencies with an opportunity to U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). comment on new, proposed, revised, • FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report). Dated: April 16, 2018. and continuing collections of Forms 3–2359 through 3–2362 collect Madonna Baucum, information. This helps us assess the information on: Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. impact of our information collection • Names of users so we can requirements and minimize the public’s daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Fish and Wildlife Service. differentiate between responses. reporting burden. It also helps the [FR Doc. 2018–08188 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am] • City and State of residence so that public understand our information BILLING CODE 4333–15–P we can better understand if users are collection requirements and provide the local or traveling. requested data in the desired format. • Dates, time, and number in party so A Federal Register notice with a 60- we can identify use trends and allocate day public comment period soliciting staff and resources. comments on this collection of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1

17430 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices information was published on October information on the population’s status, Indians of Wisconsin) (Nation) leasing 13, 2017 (82 FR 47763). We received we might promulgate hunting regulations under the Helping Expedite one comment in response to that notice regulations that: and Advance Responsible Tribal but it did not address the information • Are not sufficiently restrictive, Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH collection requirements. No changes to which could cause harm to the Act). With this approval, the Nation is the information collection were made as woodcock population, or authorized to enter into business, a result of this comment. • Are too restrictive, which would agricultural and residential leases We are again soliciting comments on unduly restrict recreational without further BIA approval. the proposed ICR that is described opportunities afforded by woodcock FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. below. We are especially interested in hunting. Sharlene Round Face, Bureau of Indian public comment addressing the The Service, State conservation Affairs, Division of Real Estate Services, following issues: (1) Is the collection agencies, university associates, and 1849 C Street, MS–4642–MIB, NW, necessary to the proper functions of the other interested parties use the data for Washington, DC 20240, at (202) 208– Service; (2) will this information be various research and management 3615. processed and used in a timely manner; projects. Title of Collection: North American SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Service enhance the Woodcock Singing Ground Survey. I. Summary of the HEARTH Act quality, utility, and clarity of the OMB Control Number: 1018–0019. Form Number: FWS Form 3–156. The HEARTH Act makes a voluntary, information to be collected; and (5) how alternative land leasing process might the Service minimize the burden Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection. available to Tribes, by amending the of this collection on the respondents, Indian Long-Term Leasing Act of 1955, including through the use of Respondents/Affected Public: State, Provincial, local, and Tribal employees. 25 U.S.C. 415. The HEARTH Act information technology. authorizes Tribes to negotiate and enter Comments that you submit in Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 808. into agricultural and business leases of response to this notice are a matter of Tribal trust lands with a primary term public record. Before including your Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 808. of 25 years, and up to two renewal terms address, phone number, email address, of 25 years each, without the approval or other personal identifying Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 1.75 hours to of the Secretary of the Interior information in your comment, you (Secretary). The HEARTH Act also should be aware that your entire 1.88 hours, depending on activity. Total Estimated Number of Annual authorizes Tribes to enter into leases for comment—including your personal residential, recreational, religious or Burden Hours: 1,515. identifying information—may be made educational purposes for a primary term Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. publicly available at any time. While of up to 75 years without the approval Frequency of Collection: Annually. you can ask us in your comment to Total Estimated Annual Nonhour of the Secretary. Participating Tribes withhold your personal identifying Burden Cost: None. develop Tribal leasing regulations, information from public review, we An agency may not conduct or including an environmental review cannot guarantee that we will be able to sponsor and a person is not required to process, and then must obtain the do so. respond to a collection of information Secretary’s approval of those regulations Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty unless it displays a currently valid OMB prior to entering into leases. The Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712) and the Fish control number. HEARTH Act requires the Secretary to and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. The authority for this action is the approve Tribal regulations if the Tribal 742a–754j–2) designate the Department Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 regulations are consistent with the of the Interior as the primary agency U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Department of the Interior’s responsible for: (Department) leasing regulations at 25 • Managing migratory bird Dated: April 16, 2018. CFR part 162 and provide for an populations frequenting the United Madonna Baucum, environmental review process that States, and Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. meets requirements set forth in the • Setting hunting regulations that Fish and Wildlife Service. HEARTH Act. This notice announces allow for the well-being of migratory [FR Doc. 2018–08189 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am] that the Secretary, through the Assistant bird populations. BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Secretary—Indian Affairs, has approved These responsibilities dictate that we the Tribal regulations for the Oneida gather accurate data on various Nation of Wisconsin. characteristics of migratory bird DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR populations. II. Federal Preemption of State and Bureau of Indian Affairs Local Taxes The North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey is an essential [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ The Department’s regulations part of the migratory bird management A0A501010.999900] governing the surface leasing of trust program. State, Federal, Provincial, and restricted Indian lands specify that, local, and tribal conservation agencies HEARTH Act Approval of the Oneida subject to applicable Federal law, conduct the survey annually to provide Nation of Wisconsin’s Regulation permanent improvements on leased the data necessary to determine the AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, land, leasehold or possessory interests, daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES population status of the woodcock. In Interior. and activities under the lease are not addition, the information is vital in ACTION: Notice. subject to State and local taxation and assessing the relative changes in the may be subject to taxation by the Indian geographic distribution of the SUMMARY: On January 23, 2018, the Tribe with jurisdiction. See 25 CFR woodcock. We use the information Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved 162.017. As explained further in the primarily to develop recommendations the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin preamble to the final regulations, the for hunting regulations. Without (previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Federal government has a strong interest VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1


Document Created: 2018-04-19 00:40:46
Document Modified: 2018-04-19 00:40:46
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of information collection; request for comment.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 21, 2018.
ContactTo request additional information about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (703) 358-2503. You may also view the ICR at http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FR Citation83 FR 17429 
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